{"id":2743,"date":"2013-03-11T07:57:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T07:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coopsy.co.uk\/thenews\/?p=2743"},"modified":"2013-05-01T07:49:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T07:49:30","slug":"greenfingers-10-spring-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/index.php\/gardening\/2013\/03\/greenfingers-10-spring-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenfingers 10- Spring Approaches!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By William Mills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Greenfingers-101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2754\" title=\"Greenfingers 10\" src=\"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Greenfingers-101.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclamen house plant on window sill with mauve flower\" width=\"570\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Greenfingers-101.jpg 570w, https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Greenfingers-101-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In our city\u2019s parks and open spaces yellow flowering daffodils are in abundance replacing February\u2019s delicate white snowdrops now already past.<\/p>\n<p>Indoors the heady scent of Jasmine heralds the arrival of spring. These wonderful plants with their pink and white buds nestling under a mantle of dark green foliage make superb Easter presents.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured here is Cyclamen. These semi-tropical plants have slender stems crowned with colourful flowers. They prefer a temperature range not above 20 C nor below 5 C, and need to be carefully watered. It\u2019s best to use filtered water with just a touch of fertiliser. Its flowering season spans two months after which it enters a dormant period when watering should stop and the plant left in the shade. As soon as new growth appears water again.<\/p>\n<p>In Spring supermarkets start stocking their garden range. Look carefully at any leaves for frost damage indicating the plant was delivered in a refrigerated lorry and may already be past recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Repotting becomes necessary when a plant\u2019s roots are too big for its existing pot. In extreme cases it \u00a0can actually split it apart, but roots growing out of the base is the usual sign that a bigger pot is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Once new growth has started repotting might cause a nasty setback therefore it should only be attempted if the plant is still in its dormant winter stage.<\/p>\n<p>Carefully lift the plant from its old pot and gently breakaway the bottom third of the soil. Replace with either an potting compost appropriate for that particular \u00a0plant or use a general purpose one, usually available from most hardware stores, florists and garden centres.<\/p>\n<p>The new pot should be large enough to contain the plant\u2019s root ball and a gap of a finger\u2019s width for the new soil all the way around. Fill this with the compost and finish by gently watering it.<\/p>\n<p>Last month we considered the practicalities of growing indoor plants using artificial lights. 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